CitySol on Sunday
The next CitySol is happening this Sunday, August 13, 2006:
CitySol, a summer music and market series on Manhattan’s East River waterfront is powered by the belief that bringing environmentalism to New York means first putting more New York into the environmental movement.
The urban lifestyle, contrary to popular belief, is the most sustainable form of living in terms of energy and resource consumption. It’s true that the ecological footprint of our city is broad and deep, but New York is also a global hub of cultural, commercial and technological imagination, and ideas and applications of sustainability are in no short supply.
Citysol celebrates the idea that greening New York is about unleashing, not taming, the city and its energy. Each free all-day event includes: renewable energy-powered live music featuring emerging NYC acts, interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations, practices and policies for New York’s sustainable future, and a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, household goods, media and much more.
Stuyvesent Cove Park
23rd Street and East River, Manhattan
www.citysol.org
12-8pm
The last time we went, the hub and I picked up a pair of compact fluorescent bulbs for something like $4 apiece from a high-school-run biz called Tru Light. So far, we’ve replaced just about every bulb in our apartment, except for the fixtures in the bathroom and hallway, which require smaller-fitting bulbs we’ll have to hunt for. Oh, some genius had also painted over the light fixture in the office/guest room so we can forget about that one unless we get hold of a chisel, an ice pick, and a set of power tools so magnificent that its sheer exquisiteness would cause the home-improvement section of Bed, Bath, and Beyond to writhe in paroxysms of despair and shame, before committing mass hara-kiri. (We have a CFL in the lamp in there instead because hardware disembowelment is messy and pointless.) If you’re in the area, check them out. CFLs can cost upwards of $7, so this is the place to stock up less expensively.
CitySol is also hosting another electronics recycling event so here’s your chance to give your deadware the old heave-ho ecologically.
Be sure to try the corn-on-the-cob! (AAA+++BETTER THAN EXPECTED, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, GREAT CITYSOLER!!!!1)
1This is what happens when your husband is out-of-town for work and you’re alone at night with a steadily decreasing pint of Phish Food, a cat having a Garbo moment, and a wireless cable connection. Oh the humanity.
